{{Short description|Japanese lawyer (born 1949)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kaoru Onimaru | image = | image_size = | caption = | order = | office = Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|02|7}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Allied-Occupied Japan | ethnicity = | party = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Tokyo | occupation = Judge | profession = }} {{Nihongo|'''Kaoru Onimaru'''|鬼丸 かおる|Onimaru Kaoru}} is a lawyer and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. She was born on February 7, 1949. In 1973, she earned her law degree from the University of Tokyo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.savelixil.com/post/resume-kaoru-onimaru-en|title=Resume: Kaoru Onimaru|last=|first=|date=2019|website=LIXIL|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On February 16, 2013, Onimaru was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Prior to her judgeship, Onimaru practiced for decades as a family law attorney.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0kSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22%E3%80%8C%E9%AC%BC%E4%B8%B8%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8B%22|title=Kanpō|last=Japan|date=February 2008|publisher=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.j-wba.com/images2/jwba_no52_p060-069.pdf|title=鬼丸かおる最高裁判事に聴く|last=|first=|date=2014|website=JWBA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> She had also served as a member of the National Life Council of the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Labor Insurance Review Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1801R_Y3A110C1EB1000/|title=最高裁判事に鬼丸氏|website=日本経済新聞 電子版|language=ja|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/02/07/demon-lawyer-becomes-japans-third-female-justice/|title='Demon' Lawyer Becomes Japan's Third Female Justice|last=Landers|first=Peter|date=2013-02-07|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref> She retired from the bench on February 6, 2019, and currently serves as a LIXIL Group Board of Director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S13845512.html|title=最高裁判事に草野氏：朝日新聞デジタル|website=朝日新聞デジタル|language=ja|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lixil.com/en/about/governance/board/|title=LIXIL Group Board & Executive Officers {{!}} Corporate Governance {{!}} About Us {{!}} LIXIL|website=www.lixil.com|access-date=2019-09-05}}</ref>
== See also ==
* List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan * Supreme Court of Japan
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